“Be snowed under”
WorkDefinição
Ter mais trabalho do que você consegue administrar facilmente.
English: To have more work than you can easily manage.
Exemplos
Exemplos
1 / 2“I am snowed under with reports this week.”
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Comece a falarUse this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
I am snowed under with reports this week.Compare with the original example
I am snowed under with reports this week.
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Write a two-line conversation using “Be snowed under”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryPerguntas Frequentes
- What does "Be snowed under" mean?
- "Be snowed under" means ter mais trabalho do que você consegue administrar facilmente.
- How do you use "Be snowed under" in a sentence?
- Example: "I am snowed under with reports this week."
- Should I interpret "Be snowed under" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.